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Debbie Lesko

Former Representative for Arizona’s 8th District, 2018–2025 · Republican

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Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 5, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured
1.38· expected 1.38

Meets expectations

Rank 105 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 227 majority-party members

How far Lesko’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 26
  2. Action in committee 15
  3. Action beyond committee 4
  4. Passed chamber 2
  5. Became law 0

26 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 24 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Lesko’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Lesko. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

Lesko in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured
92/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 101 missed of 1,235

Voted on 1,134 of 1,235 roll calls; missed 101. Lower than 90% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
99/ 100

House R median 95 · Rank 35 of 227

Sided with the Republican majority on 796 votes that split the parties. Higher than 75% of House members.

50%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
9/ 100

Chamber median 16 · −7

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 88% of House members.

0%60%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.62

Republican middle 80%: 0.31 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Lesko’s bills that passed the House or further

All bills

2 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Lesko’s effectiveness score.

How we count words

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.